McKool Smith Bankruptcy Attorney Basil Umari Named “Mover of the Week”

Bankruptcy attorney Basil Umari, a principal in the Houston office of McKool Smith, is featured as the “Mover of the Week” in a recent profile published in Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review.

The article details Mr. Umari’s extensive experience in bankruptcy reorganizations and adversary proceedings involving U.S. and international companies, as well as his role in helping McKool Smith expand the firm’s new Houston office. 

Calling him “no stranger to the courtroom,” the story chronicles Mr. Umari’s impressive professional career, including his work as a briefing attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. 

Mr. Umari and the other seasoned attorneys in McKool Smith’s bankruptcy practice represent debtors, secured lenders, creditor committees and equity committees in a wide variety of insolvency claims. The firm’s complex bankruptcy expertise includes bankruptcy reorganization proceedings, adversary proceedings, trials, settlement negotiations and bankruptcy related litigation in courtrooms across the U.S.